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Cloudflare down: X, ChatGPT and popular sites not working amid technical problems
A technical problem at Cloudflare, a major internet infrastructure provider, caused widespread outages across numerous websites and online services.
Prominent platforms affected included X (formerly Twitter), ChatGPT, Letterboxd, bet365, OpenAI and the outage tracking website Down Detector.
Users attempting to access these sites encountered error messages, often indicating an 'internal server error on Cloudflare’s network' or a blocked connection.
Cloudflare acknowledged the issue, stating it was investigating a problem impacting multiple customers and causing widespread 500 errors, affecting its dashboard and API.
The company said that the problem has now been resolved - a post at 2.42pm GMT on Tuesday said: “A fix has been implemented and we believe the incident is now resolved. We are continuing to monitor for errors to ensure all services are back to normal.”